DEVASTATED

COUPLE LOSE EVERYTHING AS 90TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS TURN TO BLAZING NIGHTMARE

- By ANDREW FORGRAVE Countryside and Tourism Editor [e-mail]

DEVASTATED pensioners have lost everything in a fire which broke out at their home.

Harold Sharp was due to celebrate his 90th birthday at their bungalow in Prestatyn, on Sunday, May 17.

However the day before, his partner Brenda Burrows was using a weed burner to tidy up outside when an ember sparked a blaze in the garage, which then spread.

"My mum had visitors down on the Saturday," said daughter Kendra Burrows: "It was Harold's 90th birthday on the Sunday.

"When they left, Mum went outside and was burning weeds with a weed burner, trying to get the driveway presentable, because there were more visitors coming down on the Sunday.

"She was burning weeds near the garage and an ember has caught garage without her knowing and, with the weather being so dry - it's wooden doors on the garage - it has just gone up. It was destroyed."